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Growing Up to Be President Discussion Guide§ Knowledge acquisition is the #1 factor contributing to students' reading comprehension growth.§ Individual so-called "comprehension skills" have NO correspondence to any thinking processes, according to cognitive psychology.§ The only way for students to gain knowledge is to discuss what they've read, which helps them process new concepts and ideas.§ Class discussions move new knowledge into long-term memory, where it becomes an active support for reading comprehension.Growing Up to Be President Discussion Guide offers:· 45 pages of comprehension questions, one page for each president's essay in Growing Up to Be President, offering 3-5 questions each· 7 primary sources support the president's essay in Growing Up to Be President, with vocabulary development and sourcing questions.· 9 mini lessons, with 1-3 questions, on topics that are mentioned in Growing Up to Be President.· 5 infographics with 1-3 questions, to expand on topics that are mentioned in Growing Up to Be President.· Answer Key and Bibliography in the back of the bookAuthorMary Carol Ghislin spent 30 years in educational publishing as a writer, Senior Editor, and Product Manager for several Fortune 500 companies, and taught English for 14 years. She holds an M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University from which she received the Distinguished Thesis Award. Her previous published titles for children include Machines of the Ancient World (English, Spanish, and Mandarin), and Organization Is the Key, a history of the development of the periodic table.